Sustainability goals and accreditations
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Accreditations
Any previous accreditations you may have earned will be part of the unique assessment of your brands’ sustainability initiatives and help our panel of experts to provide guidance on how to develop communication of our brand clients’ impact initiatives. Included below are some of the entities we collaborate/look to collaborate with in creating a community of like-minded sustainable businesses.
Alliance for Responsible Mining
The Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) was established in 2004 and is a leading global expert on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). They work to transform the ASM sector into a socially and environmentally responsible activity, while improving the quality of life of artisanal miners, their families and communities
Anti-Slavery International
Anti-Slavery International is the world’s oldest international human rights organisation. It works exclusively against slavery and related abuses.
B-Corp
Certified B Corporations are a new kind of business that balances purpose and profit. They are legally required to consider the impact of their decisions on their workers, customers, suppliers, community, and the environment.
Better Cotton Initiative
The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) is a gloal not-for-profit organisation and the largest cotton sustainability programme in the world. BCI exists to make global cotton production better for the people who produce it, better for the environment it grows in and better for the sector’s future.
Biodegradable Packaging
The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) is a global not-for-profit organisation and the largest cotton sustainability programme in the world. BCI exists to make global cotton production better for the people who produce it, better for the environment it grows in and better for the sector’s future.
Biodegradable Products Institute Label
The Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) is a professional association of key individuals and groups from government, industry and academia, which promotes the use, and recycling of biodegradable polymeric materials (via composting).
Biodynamic Production
Biodynamic agriculture is a form of alternative agriculture very similar to organic farming. It treats soil fertility, plant growth, and livestock care as ecologically interrelated tasks, emphasizing spiritual and mystical perspectives.
BREEM
BREEAM is the world’s leading sustainability assessment method for master planning projects, infrastructure and buildings. It recognises and reflects the value in higher performing assets across the built environment lifecycle, from new construction to in-use and refurbishment.
Canadamark
100% ethical Candian diamonds. The Canadamark™ hallmark program is a strategic initiative of Dominion Diamond Mines to assure the integrity of the supply chain of Canadian diamonds from mine to retail and gives the end consumers of diamond jewellery confidence in the origin and history of their polished diamonds
Carbon Neutral Practices
Carbon Neutral is a term used to describe the state of an entity (such as a company, service, product or event), where the carbon emissions caused by them have been balanced out by funding an equivalent amount of carbon savings elsewhere in the world; or by eliminating carbon emissions entirely
Certified Vegan
Products that do not contain animal products or byproducts and that have not been tested on animals.
CITES
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora is an international agreement between governments. Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival.
Clean Beauty
Clean Beauty is defined by products that are mindfully created and produced without any proven or suspected toxic ingredients. Clean Beauty products include ingredients ethically sourced and are not detrimental to human/animal health or the environment
Community Investment
Community investing refers to direct investments into disadvantaged communities via community development banks, credit unions, loan fund, affordable housing initiatives and microfinance institutions
Compostability Mark of European Bioplastics
Biodegradable plastics are plastics that can be decomposed by the action of living organisms, usually microbes, into water, carbon dioxide, and biomass. Compostability label The Seedling is a reliable label for compostability.
Conflict-Free Diamonds
Conflict free diamonds are ethically mined and sold, meaning with no connection to terror or opposition groups.
Conscious Travel Policy
Conscious travel considers the impact of travelling on the environment and on the local communities
Cradle to Cradle
Products are assessed for environmental and social performance across five critical sustainability categories: material health, material reuse, renewable energy and carbon management, water stewardship, and social fairness.
Diversity & Inclusion
Brands that implement hiring policies aimed at hiring diverse employees and workplace policies to promote inclusivity, such as training on unconscious bias, prejudice, religious freedom, disability awareness training, etc
Drinkaware
Drinkaware is an independent charity working to reduce alcohol misuse and harm in the UK.
Energy Efficiency
Energy efficiency is the goal to reduce the amount of energy required to provide products and services.
Ethical Trading Initiative
The Ethical Trading Initiative is a UK-based independent body which monitors member NGOs and companies’ supply chains in accordance with an ethical code.
Ethically-made Candles
Paraffin candles are toxic, they are not biodegradable at the end of their life and they are made from a non-renewable resource which is environmentally (and socially) devastating to extract and commoditise.
Ethically-made Ceramics
Ceramics free from toxic glazes, lead and other harmful chemicals
EU Ecolabel
The EU Ecolabel is a label of environmental excellence that is awarded to products and services meeting high environmental standards throughout their life-cycle: from raw material extraction to production, distribution and disposal.
Fair Labour Practices
Fair labour includes minimum wages, requirements for overtime pay, and restrictions on child labour, sustainable working conditions and the right to unionise.
Fair Trade Gold Certified
Fairtrade Gold and precious metals helps miners and their communities to work their way out of poverty in South America and Africa.
Fairmined Certified
Certifies gold from empowered responsible artisanal and small-scale mining organizations who meet world-leading standards.
Fairmined Certified
Certifies gold from empowered responsible artisanal and small-scale mining organizations who meet world-leading standards.
Fairtrade Certified
Fair Trade is a designation developed to help consumers support products that come from farms that have been certified to provide fair wages and safe working conditions (forced child labour is prohibited).
Forest Conservation Initiative
Forest conservation is the practice of planning and maintaining forested areas for the benefit and sustainability of future generations. Forest conservation involves the upkeep of the natural resources within a forest that are beneficial for both humans and the ecosystem.
Rainforest Alliance Certified
Recyclable Packaging
Recycled Gold
Recycled Textiles
Reduced CO2 Emissions
Reduced Glass Weight
Responsible Down Standard
Responsible Jewellery Council
Replenishes Soil Balance
Responsible Sourcing
Responsible Wool Standard
Reusable Packaging
Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI)
Free from Harsh Chemicals
Free from Pesticides
Free from Single-use Plastics
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)
Global Sustainable Tourism Council
Royal Warrant Seal
SA 8000 – Social Performance Management
Seasonal Produce
Scholarship
Socially Conscious Design
Soil Association
Supply Chain Integrity
Golden Rules
Green Globe
Green Key
No Fossil Fuels
No Fur
No Microplastics
No Plastic Bottles
No PVC
No Water Wastage
Nordic Ecolabel Certified
ISO 14001 Environmental Management
ISO 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management
ISO 50001 Energy Management
ISO 9001
Kimberley Process Certification Scheme
Leather Working Group
LEED Platinum
National Association of Jewellers
No Angora
No Animal Testing
No Excessive Packaging
Eco-Cert
Ecocert assists in the implementation and promotion of sustainable practices in organic farming through certification, consulting and training services. Committed to organic farming since its creation, Ecocert has now extended its efforts to many other sectors.
Carbon Neutral Practices
Carbon Neutral is a term used to describe the state of an entity (such as a company, service, product or event), where the carbon emissions caused by them have been balanced out by funding an equivalent amount of carbon savings elsewhere in the world; or by eliminating carbon emissions entirely
Circular Economy
A circular economy is an economic system aimed at eliminating waste and the continual use of resources
Cruelty-Free International
Cruelty-Free International is an animal protection and advocacy group that campaigns for the abolition of all animal experiments. They organise certification of cruelty-free products which are marked with the symbol of a leaping bunny.
Cruelty-Free
Cruelty-free is a label for products or activities that do not harm or kill animals anywhere in the world. Products tested on animals are not considered cruelty-free, since these tests are often painful and cause the suffering and death of millions of animals every year
Equal Pay
Organic
Preserves Biodiversity
Prioritise Well-being
Supports Growers’ Welfare
Sustainable Apparel Coalition
Take-Back Scheme
USDA Certified Organic
VDC Certified (Viticulture Durable en Champagne)
Waste Reduction Practices
Humanitarianism